Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
On November 5, 2010 03:05:44 am Mathieu Baudier wrote: > - do some of you have experience with sensors/methodologies which > would provide centimeter order precision, be transportable and usable > in remote areas and not too expensive? I've seen some pretty technical discussion of high precision o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Many thanks to you all for this helpful information! Cheers, Mathieu On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:44, Joseph Reeves wrote: > Hi Mathieu, > > Expanding on Chris' point, you might want to check out the manuals we have > here: > > http://www.openarchaeology.net/project/survey-and-gis-manual > > Came

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Markus Neteler
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > Hello, > > I have been asked to analyze how FLOSS software could help to support > an archaeological program that would take place in remote mountainous > corners of Central Asia. > > I pretty much see which sensors and software to use for

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Joseph Reeves
Hi Mathieu, Expanding on Chris' point, you might want to check out the manuals we have here: http://www.openarchaeology.net/project/survey-and-gis-manual Cameron Shorter mentioned them in a presentation he did - I seem to have lost all original links, but here's an embedded video: http://blogs.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Agustin Diez Castillo
On Nov 5, 2010, at 11:05 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > - is it relevant to use "our" usual FOSS4G software (GRASS, QGIS, > etc.) for such tasks? or do only CAD tools make sense? As Chris pointed out FOSS4G make sense. He didn't mentioned gvSIG that to me is a good option (OADE has their own vers

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Chris Puttick
You might be better on the Open Source Archaeology list :) http://list.iosa.it/ Speaking as a non-archaeologist working in archaeology, precision of millimetre is nonsense, achieved or not, as (a) the things they are recording were not built to that precision, nor in many built-structure cases

[OSGeo-Discuss] Tools and approaches for the cartography of archaeological excavation sites

2010-11-05 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Hello, I have been asked to analyze how FLOSS software could help to support an archaeological program that would take place in remote mountainous corners of Central Asia. I pretty much see which sensors and software to use for the small scale part, where standard GPS precision is enough. But th